International Friendship Club

Lynnette is a retired Research Chemist from Manchester, England. After early retirement, she trained to teach English as a foreign language and then spent two years traveling in Central America, teaching English and doing conservation work. Lynnette has lived in Puerto Vallarta for almost five years and now spends most of her time between the IFC, the Botanical Gardens, and the SPCA and with her many good friends.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY - Eric Davies

Originally from England but I have lived in Holland, Belgium, France, Canada, the USA and Japan. I was a botany professor, but retired recently and moved to Puerto Vallarta. My 2 sons and granddaughters live in the Midwest and visit as often as they can. I love it here.
Cheers, Eric

ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

BAR & FACILITIES - Fred Forbes

COMMUNITY SERVICES -vacant

EDUCATION -Mel Bornstein

EVENTS COORDINATOR -Linda Mellor

HOME TOURS - Mike McGee

Mike has been coming to Vallarta since the late 70’s. He now lives here about 6 plus months per year. He has been home tour director for 4 seasons.

MEDICAL - April Miton
Medical co-chair Mary Carmen Bernal Pickup

MEMBERSHIP - Barbara Bornstein
Membership co-chair - Janet Blacklidge

NEWSLETTER - T. J. Hartung

Before retiring to PV, T.J. lived in California where he designed computers and wrote computer software to manage hotels. Here in PV, he is on the board of directors of the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, the Puerto Vallarta Garden Club, and is President of the Vallarta Orchid Society.
He became a Mexican citizen about 6 years ago.

PHOTOGRAPHER - Bob Davidson

Canadian
Speaks and writes: English, French & Spanish
Married to Monique for over 43 years.
Former president of my own company (Robert Davidson Inc.), representing different companies, selling to the hardware trade in Canada.
Today I sell hand cleaner to the motor trade in the province of Quebec, Canada.
I am an advance hobby photographer. I been photographing IFC events and donating these photos in order to promote IFC’s activities.
We have been members of IFC for the last 3 years.
We have been coming to Mexico for the last 6 years. First we came with a motor home and for the past 4 years we are flying in.

PUBLICITY - Don Gallery
Publicity co-chair - Janie Blank

I love to write. I started out as an English major but ended up with a Business Administration Degree with a concentration in Accounting from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Don’t ask! But the combination served me well in my career as a healthcare consultant. I could do financial analyses and then turn that into some pretty impressive reports. I have been retired for a few years and we now spend January through April each year in beautiful, sunny and warm Puerto Vallarta. The remainder of the year is split between a lake house and a downtown loft in Columbus, Ohio.
My husband and I have two grown daughters and a son-in-law who all live in Chicago and the light of our life, our first grandchild, Hazel who just turned one.

WEB MASTER - T. J. Hartung

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